Guillermo Cantu, Jr

Guillermo Cantu has been an active San Antonio police officer in San Antonio, TX for the past 26 yrs. while spending 17 yrs. of it assigned to the Special Weapons & Tactics unit. During this time with the S.W.A.T. team, “Willie” served as an entry team member in various positions of the lineup and eventually becoming one of the “team leaders”. As a “team leader”, Willie was responsible for reconnaissance and planning of numerous high risk warrants and critical incidents.

The last years of Willie’s S.W.A.T. assignment was that of the team’s “training coordinator” and he was responsible for overseeing the San Antonio S.W.A.T. unit’s weekly training which included documentation, planning and instructing different aspects of the training curriculum. As an instructor, Willie trained the unit in firearms, chemical agents, less-lethal munitions, distraction devices, raid planning & entry training to name a few topics.

Willie’s experience as a trainer has allowed him the privilege to be a regional training coordinator for the Texas Tactical Police Officers Association and board member. As an adjunct instructor for C.A.T.I. (Center for Advanced Tactical Immobilization), Willie has traveled to numerous parts of Brasil to train the countries’ civil, municipal, state and federal police. The State Department contracted Willie to travel to various parts of Mexico and train the countries’ civil, municipal, state & federal police departments. He was also tasked with coordinating and training detectives of the S.A.P.D.’s R.O.P. and Narcotics units, as well as officers of T.R.U. and S.A.F.F.E. units. Because of these numerous contacts, Willie and Off. Joe Obregon of the S.W.A.T. unit held courses for the Secret Service task force of San Antonio, Baytown P.D. & Fair Oaks Ranch P.D. Currently, Willie is assigned to the Repeat Offenders Program “R.O.P.”, is an instructor for the San Antonio College Basic Peace Officer Academy – Phase III tactics, and is contracted by the S. TX H.I.D.T.A. group for training H.I.D.T.A. task forces in TX.

The aforementioned accomplishments have only reinforced Willie’s passion for training law enforcement officers and it has come to the creation of “Street Sense Tactical Training”. The goal of the company is to provide quality training of various topics of tactics at an affordable rate that allow officers to fit into their budget. The tactics taught are tailored from past training courses attended as a student, experiences training other students of all levels, operational experience and historical warfare.

Tactics courses can be tailored for any department’s goals with an aim to make each course as realistic as possible and targeting “real life” experiences.

Security details for the President of the United States George W. Bush, George Bush, and Bill Clinton; Vice-President Al Gore, and the Governor of Texas.

Crowd control of various events such as NBA Championship Celebrations, Ku Klux Klan rallies, abortion protests, San Antonio International Airport security, and security for various federal buildings during high states of alert based on terrorist activities.

SAPD Patrol Officer (1989 – 1992) Assigned to a “South Side District” and handled calls from the smallest information report to securing the integrity of an important crime scene. I initiated personal “on-site” activity between calls that netted several arrests for crimes committed in plain view.

Why I love what I do

Willie has a passion for training law enforcement officers and it has come to the creation of “Street Sense Tactical Training”. The goal of the company is to provide quality training of various topics of tactics at an affordable rate that allow officers to fit into their budget. The tactics taught are tailored from past training courses attended as a student, experiences training other students of all levels, operational experience and historical warfare.

Tactics courses can be tailored for any department’s goals with an aim to make each course as realistic as possible and targeting “real life” experiences.